Members of the FBI, SWAT Team and Cherry Hill Police Department responded to a barricade situation at a home in Cherry Hill, Camden County, just down the street from an elementary school, on Monday morning. There was a heavy police presence surrounding the home on Walt Whitman Boulevard as law enforcement continued to urge someone inside the residence to come outside.

The Devils have recalled defenseman Seamus Casey from Utica of the American Hockey League.

Casey scored four goals and had eight points in 14 games with the Devils last season. He had three goals and 18 points in 30 games with the AHL Comets.

After missing the start of the season due to injury, he recently rejoined the Comets. Casey has one assist in his lone game this season in Utica.

Casey joins the Devils in Denver after Brett Pesce’s injury on Sunday. Devils head coach Sheldon Keefe noted that Pesce had an upper-body injury and would not join the team fo the coming trip.

As expected, the Lakewood Vaad tonight endorsed Republican Jack Ciattarelli for governor, giving him the support of enormously influential religious leaders from the Orthodox Jewish community as he seeks to succeed term-limited Gov. Phil Murphy in the November 4 general election.

“Ciattarelli has been clear with our leadership that he understands and shares our community’s values and concerns – including ensuring our children continue to get busing and services, ensuring New Jersey residents can get benefits from federal tuition assistance, addressing the urgent infrastructure needs of our roads and electric power grid, and addressing state policy issues and funding priorities that affect the tax burden of our residents,” the Vaad said in a letter that is being hand-delivered to every residence in the township.

Endorsements also went to Assemblymen Avi Schnall (D-Lakewood) and Sean Kean (R-Wall) in the 30th legislative district and Republican candidates in Ocean County, including Sam Ellengogen, who would become the first Orthodox Jew to serve as a county commissioner.

If Ciattarelli has a path to win the governorship, it could be through high voter turnout among Orthodox Jewish voters in the Lakewood area and across the state.

Donald Trump carried Lakewood with 88% of the vote last year and a margin of roughly 32,000 votes.

In 2021, the Lakewood Vaad endorsed Murphy, but Ciattarelli won the township by about 4,700 votes, roughly 62%.  Lakewood’s population is exploding: it’s grown from 52,000 voters in 2021 to around 64,000 right now—a 23% increase in voters in just four years.

Four municipalities that border Lakewood – Jackson, Manchester, Toms River, and Wall – have another 16,000 Orthodox Jewish voters.

The Lakewood Vaad also voiced its appreciation to Trump “for his extraordinary efforts to benefit our Mosdos and support of the safety of Yidden in Eretz Yisroel.”

“For his friendship to our community, and for his efforts to expose and fight anti-Semitism in our country, we remain forever thankful to him,” the Vaad letter stated.

The organization also praised Sherrill’s military service and her support of the social safety net, which includes some programs, like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, that could lose funding during the federal government shutdown.

The Lakewood Scoop first reported the upcoming endorsement last week.